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- B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
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- This invention relates to a method of fabricating certain crystalline polymers and, more particularly, to a method of producing an injection molded article of substantially permanent predetermined dimensions.
- crystalline polymer as used in the present specification and claim, is meant those solid products, whether polymers, interepolymers, or otherwise named which normally exhibit characteristic x-ray diffraction patterns and whichmay be obtained by polymerizing, separately or in combination, substances containing an ethylenicfiouble bond such, for example, as monomeric vinylidene chloride or ethylene, and, by polymerizing together monomeric vinylidene chloride, ethylene or'other similar monomers in major proportion with one or more other polymerizable materials such as vinylchloride, vinyl acetate, styrene, the esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid, allyl and related esters of carboxylic or inorganic acids, unsaturated ethers, etc.
- fused mass a normal- 1y crystalline polymeric mass from which substantially all crystallinity has disappeared, as evidenced by the disappearance of .its characteristic X-ray diifraction pattern. This condition is produced by heating the polymer to a temperature slightly above its crystalline melting point.
- Polymerized vinylidene chloride can be depolymers, co-
- United States Letters Patent 2,183,602 discloses that vinylidene chloride and co-polymers there of can be readily molded under moderate pressures if'they are subjected to a treatment which comprises completely fusing the normally crystalline polymer by heating it to a temperature above its crystalline melting point, and then cooling or chilling the fused mass in such man net as to bring it to a temperature below its crystalline melting'point without substantial recrystallization.
- a supercooled form of'the polymer which is easily deformable and canbe cold-worked readily.
- articles made by injection molding the supercooled mass so produced may flow and change dimension unless held in their final shape for con siderable periods of time.
- a crystalline polymer prepared by polymerizing together a mixture composed essentially of 80% of monomeric vinylidene chloride, 20% of monomeric vinyl chloride and containing 7% di- (alpha-phenyl-ethyl) ether as a plasticizer was heated to a temperature of C. in the chamber of an injection molding machine. The fused mass was expressed through the sprue and into the heated matrix or moldingchamber held at a temperature of approximately '70? C. The resulting form, when removed from the molding chamber, was found to be hard and tough, and to exhibit crystalline characteristics as shown by its X-ray diffraction pattern. The shape imparted by the mold wasstable and permanent and the article exhibited no plastic flow.
- the invention may be carried out in a similar manner and with like results while operating on the co-polymers of vinylidene chloride or other vinylidene halides and such co-polymerizable, unsaturated compounds as vinyl acetate; styrene, vinyl eyanide, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, chloro-allyl-chioro-acetate and the like, so long as the proportion of vinylidene halide and compound polymerized therewith is such as to form crystalline polymers as hereinbefore defined.
- the operations constituting the present invention are also applicable with results corresponding to those shown in the example to the crystalline polymeric forms of ethylene and its co-poiymers.
- plasticlz'ers coloring agents, fillers, heat-stabilizing agents and the likehas also been found to be useful and desirable when used in such amounts that the crystallinity of the polymer is not affected.
- the method which comprises fusing a polymer selected from the group consisting of polymeric vinyiidene chloride and its normally crystalline co-polymers, and injecting the fused mass into a mold maintained at a temperature in the range between 50 and about 110 C. to recrystallize substantially the polymer.
- ROBERT C REmHARD'I'. ROBERT D. LOWRY.
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Patented Get. 31, 1944 1 Robert 1). Lowry and mum o. Reinhardt, Midland,. Mich., assignor's to The Dow Chemical Company, Michigan No Drawing.
Midland, Mich, a corporation of Application October 13, 1941, Serial No. 414,790
1 Claim. (Cl. 18-55) This invention relates to a method of fabricating certain crystalline polymers and, more particularly, to a method of producing an injection molded article of substantially permanent predetermined dimensions.
By the term crystalline polymer, as used in the present specification and claim, is meant those solid products, whether polymers, interepolymers, or otherwise named which normally exhibit characteristic x-ray diffraction patterns and whichmay be obtained by polymerizing, separately or in combination, substances containing an ethylenicfiouble bond such, for example, as monomeric vinylidene chloride or ethylene, and, by polymerizing together monomeric vinylidene chloride, ethylene or'other similar monomers in major proportion with one or more other polymerizable materials such as vinylchloride, vinyl acetate, styrene, the esters of acrylic or methacrylic acid, allyl and related esters of carboxylic or inorganic acids, unsaturated ethers, etc.
By the term fused mass," as used in the present specification and claim, is meant a normal- 1y crystalline polymeric mass from which substantially all crystallinity has disappeared, as evidenced by the disappearance of .its characteristic X-ray diifraction pattern. This condition is produced by heating the polymer to a temperature slightly above its crystalline melting point.
Polymerized vinylidene chloride can be depolymers, co-
' mass directly into a die maintained at a tem- 1 perature in the range between about 50 C. and
formed plastically at ordinary molding temperatures, e. g., l-170 0., only by the use of very high pressures and then only to produce simple forms where little plastic fiow is required. 2
United States Letters Patent 2,183,602 discloses that vinylidene chloride and co-polymers there of can be readily molded under moderate pressures if'they are subjected to a treatment which comprises completely fusing the normally crystalline polymer by heating it to a temperature above its crystalline melting point, and then cooling or chilling the fused mass in such man net as to bring it to a temperature below its crystalline melting'point without substantial recrystallization. This produces .a supercooled form of'the polymer which is easily deformable and canbe cold-worked readily. However, articles made by injection molding the supercooled mass so produced may flow and change dimension unless held in their final shape for con siderable periods of time.
We have now discovered a procedure by which injection molded articles can be manufactured from normally crystalline polymers in which the disadvantage of. temporarily impermanent shape is overcome. Our procedure comprises fusing the crystalline polymer and injecting the fused about 110 C. By operating in this manner the fused polymer is recrystallized and set" in a period of time varying from two or three seconds to thirty seconds or more, depending upon the particularpolymer used and the size and shape of ,the article being fabricated. The preferable range in which the die is to be maintained for the injection molding of normally crystalline vinylidene chloride polymers is between about C. and about C.
As a specific embodiment of the new practice, a crystalline polymer prepared by polymerizing. together a mixture composed essentially of 80% of monomeric vinylidene chloride, 20% of monomeric vinyl chloride and containing 7% di- (alpha-phenyl-ethyl) ether as a plasticizer was heated to a temperature of C. in the chamber of an injection molding machine. The fused mass was expressed through the sprue and into the heated matrix or moldingchamber held at a temperature of approximately '70? C. The resulting form, when removed from the molding chamber, was found to be hard and tough, and to exhibit crystalline characteristics as shown by its X-ray diffraction pattern. The shape imparted by the mold wasstable and permanent and the article exhibited no plastic flow.
While the invention has been illustrated with respect to a particular composition containing a co-polymer of vinylidene chloride and vinyl chloride, it is to be understood that other proportions of these same co-polymerized ingredients may be used so long as the polymer conforms to the previously stated definition of crystalline polymers and that co-polymers other than the one of the example may be employed. Thus, the invention may be carried out in a similar manner and with like results while operating on the co-polymers of vinylidene chloride or other vinylidene halides and such co-polymerizable, unsaturated compounds as vinyl acetate; styrene, vinyl eyanide, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acrylate, chloro-allyl-chioro-acetate and the like, so long as the proportion of vinylidene halide and compound polymerized therewith is such as to form crystalline polymers as hereinbefore defined. The operations constituting the present invention are also applicable with results corresponding to those shown in the example to the crystalline polymeric forms of ethylene and its co-poiymers. I
The incorporation of minor amounts of plasticlz'ers, coloring agents, fillers, heat-stabilizing agents and the likehas also been found to be useful and desirable when used in such amounts that the crystallinity of the polymer is not affected.
This application is a coninuation-in-part of our prior application serial 868,886. flied De- 10 cember 6, 1940.
We claim:
The method which comprises fusing a polymer selected from the group consisting of polymeric vinyiidene chloride and its normally crystalline co-polymers, and injecting the fused mass into a mold maintained at a temperature in the range between 50 and about 110 C. to recrystallize substantially the polymer.
ROBERT C. REmHARD'I'. ROBERT D. LOWRY.
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US2564397A (en) * | 1945-05-16 | 1951-08-14 | Electric Storage Battery Co | Microporous diaphragms and method of making the same |
US2617151A (en) * | 1949-12-31 | 1952-11-11 | Kellogg M W Co | Injection molding of polytrifluorochloroethylene |
US3009206A (en) * | 1959-01-12 | 1961-11-21 | Monsanto Chemicals | Injection molding of crystalline polystyrene |
US4265850A (en) * | 1977-07-13 | 1981-05-05 | Essilor International Cie Generale D'optique | Process and apparatus for the production of spectacle frame parts of synthetic material |
WO1985001469A1 (en) * | 1983-09-28 | 1985-04-11 | Cincinnati Milacron Austria Aktiengesellschaft | Method for manufacturing synthetic material objects |
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US2564397A (en) * | 1945-05-16 | 1951-08-14 | Electric Storage Battery Co | Microporous diaphragms and method of making the same |
US2617151A (en) * | 1949-12-31 | 1952-11-11 | Kellogg M W Co | Injection molding of polytrifluorochloroethylene |
US3009206A (en) * | 1959-01-12 | 1961-11-21 | Monsanto Chemicals | Injection molding of crystalline polystyrene |
US4265850A (en) * | 1977-07-13 | 1981-05-05 | Essilor International Cie Generale D'optique | Process and apparatus for the production of spectacle frame parts of synthetic material |
WO1985001469A1 (en) * | 1983-09-28 | 1985-04-11 | Cincinnati Milacron Austria Aktiengesellschaft | Method for manufacturing synthetic material objects |
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